Monday, April 4, 2022 | news
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on the historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Despite her exemplary record, the Committee vote fell along party lines resulting in a tie. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer must now use a set of Senate procedures to move Judge Jackson’s […]
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate introduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA), a major piece of legislation aimed at protecting our democracy and the voting rights of all Americans. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “We welcome today’s […]
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 | news
Today, Senator Lindsey Graham introduced the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act into the U.S. Senate, a bill that, if passed, would impose a nationwide ban on any abortion occurring after 15 weeks. In response to the proposed legislation, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement: […]
Monday, November 20, 2023 | news
Today, a panel of federal judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held in a 2-1 ruling that private plaintiffs can no longer bring lawsuits under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which prohibits racial discrimination in voting. The decision, which is binding only in the states of Arkansas, […]
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 | news
In response to the disturbing and increased targeting of school officials, including incidents of harassment and threats of violence against school board members and school staff in connection with anti-truth and anti-masking propaganda, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in support of a […]
Friday, October 2, 2020 | news
Today, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron released the audio recordings of the grand jury proceedings that resulted in former Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officer Brett Hankison being charged with three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree for reportedly shooting into the apartment next door to Breonna Taylor. None of the three officers […]
Thursday, April 13, 2023 | news
Last week, the Tennessee House voted on a resolution to expel three members of the House – Representatives Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, and Gloria Johnson — for their involvement in a demonstration for gun control policies following the killings of three children and three adults in a mass shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee. […]
Thursday, January 7, 2021 | news
Today, President-elect Joe Biden announced that he has nominated Judge Merrick Garland to serve as the next Attorney General (AG) of the United States, Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General, and Kristen Clarke as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) […]
Sunday, January 3, 2021 | news
Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s call on Sunday to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. “President Trump’s last-ditch attempt to pressure the Georgia Secretary of State to overturn the unequivocal results of the presidential election […]
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 | news
Today, President Joe Biden delivered remarks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding the urgent need to protect voting rights in the United States, especially as increasingly suppressive legislation is being introduced and passed by state legislators throughout the country. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the […]
